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erecta, saepius leviter falcato-curvata, apicem versus subrecurva, baud 
torta, axillis nudis, anguste linearia, pungenti-mucronata, dorsaliter 
glaberrima nitentiaque pallida, internodiis multo longiora, 0-9 — 1-7 cm. 
longa, ad 1 mm. lata; capitula cylindrica, supra medium leviter constricta, 
3 — 5-fL, 7 mm. longa, subsessilia vel pedunculata, pedunculis ad 4 mm. 
longis, subcorymbose aggregata, “corymbis” foliis circumdatis, 1-7 — 2-5 
cm. diam. ; involucrum majore parte griseo-tomentosum, tomento 
adpresso, squamis inferioribus circa 12, 3-seriatis, anguste linearibus, 
acuminatis, apice saepe recurvis, superioribus circa 9, 3-seriatis linearibus, 
acuminatis vel acutis, albis ; pappi setae minute serrulatae, superne leviter 
ampliatae, acuminatae ; corolla 4 mm. longa. 
Cape Province: South- Western Region; Riversdale Div., north entrance 
to Garcia’s Pass, alt. 1200 ft., fl. September 1897, E. E. Galpin, 4156. 
Stony hill near the road between Garcia’s Pass and Muiskraal, alt. ca. 
1850 ft., fl. October 1904, H. Bolus, 11319. Langeberg above Phisante- 
fontein, alt. 1500 ft., fl. June 1924, J . Muir, 3135. 
Near M. pulcherrima, Less., from which it differs in the longer and 
narrower leaves, which are usually falcately curved and with a distinct 
tendency to recurve towards the apex ; and in the appearance of the capi- 
tula. The foliage is similar to that of M. pallida, Bolus, but the involucre 
is different. The general shape of the capitula and their arrangement in 
the “ corymbs ” are very similar to those in M. Lichtensteinii, Less., but from 
this species it may readily be distinguished by the smaller capitula, with 
fewer flowers, and by the very different foliage. 
Metalasia Bodkinii, L. Bolus (Eu-Metalasia. § Capitatae). Fruticulus diffusus, 
sat gracilis, 15 cm. altus, ramis inferioribus subdecumbentibus, vix ad 
2 mm. diam., ramulis adscendentibus vel erectis, griseo-tomentosis, 
tomento tandem deciduo; folia patentia vel adscendentia torta, axillis 
nudis vel rarius inconspicue gemmiferis, oblongo-obovata, infra medium 
angustata, mucronata, utrinque dense cinereo-tomentosa, internodiis 
longiora, saepius 6 mm. longa, 2 — 2-5 mm. lata, manu explanata; capitula 
sessilia, inter se distincta vel fere distincta, 5-fl., 7-5 mm. longa, sublaxe 
capitato-aggregata, “capita” 0-6 — 1-4 cm. diam.; involucrum cylindri- 
cum, pro majore parte lanato-tomentosum, pilis cinereis atrisque parce 
intermixtis, squamis inferioribus 6 — 8, extimis foliaceis, ceteris calycinis 
acuminatis, 3 — 5 mm. longis, superioribus 1-seriatis, e medio recurvatis, 
modo M. quinqueflorae, linearibus, acutis vel subacutis, albidis, externe 
interdum brunneis, 6-5 mm. longis; corolla infra medium leviter con- 
stricta, 4 mm. longa; pappi setae uniformiter latae, serrulatae, corollam 
excedentes. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Zwarteberg, near 
Caledon, alt. 2500 ft., fl. Oct. 1894, A. A. Bodkin (Bolus Herb., No. 6915). 
